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Game #3577

Aston Villa

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Wednesday, 20 February 1980

5th Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982
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Substitutes:

🔁 | CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 73' |

Unused Substitutes:

None

None

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77

Matchday Squad:

Injury | 4 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.04 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.05 |

Youngest Player |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.89 |

  • Allan Evans, playing up front because of David Geddis injury causing the striker to come off the field after 74’, scored a late winner to compensate for his last gasp Ewood Park own goal that had meant a replay against third tier Blackburn. 

  • Ron Saunders' Villa beat third division Blackburn at the second attempt in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

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Won

1-0

🟩 20 Feb 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Allan Evans | 81' |

Assist(s) | Brian Little | 81' |

Match Timeline:

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Blackburn Rovers
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, David Geddis, Sub on, Brendan Ormsby
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #34 |
Manager Game | #295 |
Wednesday, 20 February 1980

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1978-1992
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1978-1992

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 295 | 🟩 | 131 🟨 | 84 🟥 80 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
135
🟩
55
🟨
4
135
🟨
43
🟥
0
0
🟥
37
0
🥅
43
145
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
59
🟩
22
🟨
5
59
🟨
22
🟥
0
5
🟥
15
7
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
120
🟩
47
🟨
6
120
🟨
38
🟥
1
6
🟥
35
6
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
82
🟩
29
🟨
11
80
🟨
31
🟥
2
14
🟥
22
2
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
36
🟩
18
🟨
2
34
🟨
9
🟥
0
1
🟥
9
0
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
26
🟩
12
🟨
1
26
🟨
10
🟥
0
1
🟥
4
1
F Terry Donovan | 🇮🇪 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
11
🟩
7
🟨
0
11
🟨
2
🟥
0
5
🟥
2
2
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
295
🟩
134
🟨
1
288
🟨
81
🟥
0
80
🟥
80
63
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
🟩
🟨
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🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
196
🟩
85
🟨
8
196
🟨
61
🟥
1
18
🟥
50
39
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
142
🟩
61
🟨
2
127
🟨
41
🟥
0
18
🟥
40
16
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
18
🟩
6
🟨
2
17
🟨
9
🟥
0
2
🟥
3
1
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
13
🟩
7
🟨
1
3
🟨
4
🟥
1
0
🟥
2
0
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

FA Cup

Blackburn Rovers

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Villa Park

Attendance: 42,161

GK Jim Arnold | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mike Rathbone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Glenn Keeley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Fazackerley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jim Brannagan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Howard Kendall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Duncan McKenzie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Andy Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Simon Garner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Noel Brotherston | 🇬🇧 |

Howard Kendall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

M Stuart Metcalfe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

None

League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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"After Saturday's effort I was determined to score and my opportunity came when I was moved forward.

"When the chance arrived, there was no way I was going to miss it."

Allan Evans.


“Our [FA Cup 5th round] game at West Ham can't be any more difficult than the two we've had with Blackburn.“

Ron Saunders.

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